Record Number: 21862

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Not long afterwards I was reminded of this conversation by some lines from E. A. Mackintosh's "Cha Till Maccruimein," in his volume of poems "A Highland Regiment", which Roland's mother and sister had sent me for Christmas:'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1918 and 31 Dec 1918

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

E.A. Mackintosh

Title:

Cha Till Maccruimein

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21862

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Youth

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

416

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 416, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21862, accessed: 14 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain is referring to a conversation between some of the patients in her hospital ward in which they discuss supernatural experiences on the First World War battlefields. She goes on to quote lines from the poem on this theme. Roland was her fiance, killed during the war.